If it were not for the dedicated. patriotic efforts of a few ingenious American financiers. the outcome of the War of Independence may have been dramatically altered. The remarkable selfsacrifice and dedication to the goal of independence by the banker and merchant. Haym Salomon. established him as one of the most renowned of the patriot financiers of the Revolution. Haym Salomon. a Polish immigrant who identified closely with the struggle for liberty. was quick to associate himself with the American patriots. His political activities caused his imprisonment by the British authorities. When the British learned of Salomons linguistic abilities. they assigned him to a Hessian general as an interpreter.
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